Our Revolt’s Soundtrack 2: The Remaster
It’s been seven years since our last big wave of protests, but music has kept up with Venezuela. Welcome to the remix
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State of Terror: Life After Venezuela’s Electoral Uprising
Massive deployment of the police state, armed colectivos and informants seeks to obliterate the social capital and hope created throughout the campaign and the electoral victory of July 28
Debunking Chavista Allegations Against the Opposition’s Proof of Electoral Victory
Speaker Jorge Rodríguez's claims about forgery, signatures, modifications, and errors in the records do not hold up under detailed scrutiny
Machado & Padrino
Neither of them competed in the election, but they both are key to unlock Venezuela’s future
Memes, Threats, and Snitching Apps: Maduro’s Weaponized Social Media
TikTok, YouTube and other platforms are being used by the government to spread terror and coordinate the punishment of thousands of Venezuelans
What Electoral Witnesses Saw on July 28th
Efforts to hide voting receipts before taking them to campaign coordinators, a timed transportation circuit, and the collaboration of electoral witnesses and neighbors allowed the opposition to collect and upload 81.32% of all voting tallies in the aftermath of the election
International Response to the Presidential Election Crisis in Venezuela
It’s been a week since the Venezuelan Presidential Elections, although it feels more like a decade. While a lot has happened on all fronts, the international community has been particularly active
One Week, One Thousand Feats Later
Despite fraud and repression, Caracas is teeming with tense hope. From protests to “panic buying”
When Poor Venezuelans Rebelled Against Chavismo
The seed of rejection from popular sectors that oppose Nicolás Maduro’s regime grew in Petare and Catia, at both ends of the Caracas valley, as an expression of indignation and a collective reaction to the possibility of him committing electoral fraud on July 28th
How the International Left Abandoned the Venezuelan People
Chavismo easily blinded some progressives and made them accomplices of its propaganda wars, thanks to shallow perspectives inherited from Cold War fanaticism
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